Piteå IF is a Swedish football club located in Piteå.
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| Full name | Piteå Idrottsförening | ||
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| Founded | 24 May 1918 | ||
| Ground | LF Arena Piteå Sweden | ||
| Capacity | 6,000 | ||
| Chairman | Anders Hallberg | ||
| Coach | Joakim Vikström | ||
| League | Division 1 (Swedish football) | ||
| 2019 | Division 2 Norrland, 5th | ||
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Background edit
The club was formed 24 May 1918 but did not take up football until 1920 when they merged with their local rivaling club IFK Piteå, which then was dissolved. Piteå IF is currently playing in the third-highest Swedish division, Division 2, for men and the ladies' team are playing in the highest league, Damallsvenskan, which is their highest-ever position in the Swedish ladies' league system. The men's team's best season up until this day is their season in Sweden's second-highest division 1998. The club's men's reserve team play in the sixth highest Swedish league, Division 4.
The club has one of the largest youth academies in football in the county of Norrbotten and is one of two arranging clubs of the large international youth football cup Piteå Summer Games.
The club plays their home matches at LF Arena.
Season to season edit
* League restructuring in 2006 resulted in a new division being created at tier 3 and subsequent divisions dropping a level.[1][2][3] |
Attendances edit
In recent seasons Piteå IF have had the following average attendances:
* Attendances are provided in the Publikliga sections of the Svenska Fotbollförbundet website.[4] |
Current squad edit
- As of 17 September 2023[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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External links edit
- Piteå IF – official site
- Piteå Summer Games – official site
Footnotes edit
- ^ "GAIS – Lagfacta – Piteå IF". Retrieved 10 September 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Norrland - Division 2 – Fotbollsserier 2010 – Fotboll – everysport.com". Retrieved 2010-09-16.
- ^ "Sweden Final Tables – Clas Glenning". Retrieved 2010-09-16.
- ^ "Kontaktuppgifter och tävlingar – Svenska Fotbollförbundet – svenskfotboll.se". Retrieved 2010-11-14.
- ^ "Truppen".